Narrator: halfway through
the gold mining season...
Come on.
Back the [bleep] up.
Easy!
...todd hoffman rolls the dice
down in guyana...
Hold onto it!
...making the switch
from mining for gold...
Can you smell
the pay dirt?!
...to hunting down
jungle diamonds.
That, boys,
is an f'ing diamond.
Whoo!
But a new kind of mining
Requires new equipment.
Shut it off!
And right away,
The hoffman crew finds
themselves in over their heads.
This jungle's
just kicking our a*s.
Narrator: in alaska,
Dustin sets out to explore
cahoon creek --
Their new virgin ground
Get my dig on!
But before
he can get to the gold,
A life-threatening
electrical storm
Strikes without warning.
If you get a copy,
the storm's cutting us off.
[Bleep]
Get them off that mountain.
Narrator:
and in the klondike,
Parker schnabel gets
an ultimatum from tony beets.
Crank it up.
That forces him to push
His 40-year-old wash plant
so hard...
Shut her down, parker!
Shut her down!
...that it rips itself apart.
Parker:
our season might be over.
[Bleep] [bleep] plant!
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[ Birds chirping ]
Narrator: in the jungles
of guyana, south america...
Todd: we're halfway through
our freakin' season,
And we got
nothing to show for it.
Hopefully this right here
is the answer.
Now we're just trying
to get it off here
Without bending it up.
Narrator: todd hoffman is taking
delivery of new equipment,
A last-ditch attempt to save
his disastrous mining venture.
Todd:
come on, man. Roll.
Look out!
Whoa!
Back! Look out.
Don't get under it.
Get it over
on that sand.
Come on.
Come down.
Hold up! Hold up!
Down! Down!
Down! Down!
Down! Down!
Down! Down!
This is good, man!
After 73 days in the jungle,
todd has found no gold,
Abandoned his custom
jungle wash plant,
And lost his right-hand man,
dave turin.
You're quitting?
I'm done.
But just last week, todd
and mining expert tony melville
Made a discovery
that could be a game changer.
Todd, see that?
That's a diamond.
Guys, our luck just freakin'
changed right here.
Easy!
Hold onto it!
Now todd has given up
on gold mining.
Tony.
Where should we put
this thing?
Put it right there.
Okay.
He's invested $20,000 on
the diamond-catching lavador.
Todd:
all right, kevin?!
Got it!
To catch diamonds,
Pay dirt is fed
into the top of the lavador,
Where it's washed clean.
Then two mesh screens below
trap coarse grit
And any diamonds suspended
in the jungle dirt.
Guys, our diamond quest
begins right here
With that little machine
right there.
It is ugly.
I'll tell you what.
It is a diamond-catching
mother.
I'm dying
to get it going.
I want to see the thing
full of diamonds.
Who doesn't?
[ Chuckles ]
Narrator:
the hoffman crew's future
Now depends on learning
how to mine for diamonds.
Fire in the hole!
Thurber: okay, guys.
Here it goes.
They fire up
the water pump...
Whoo!
Narrator: ...hoping to breathe
new life into their season.
[ Valve squeaks ]
Todd:
are you kidding me?
When the water reaches
the lavador...
[Bleep] damn it.
What the...?
...it leaks
from nearly every joint.
Dad,
block the holes under there.
Yeah, underneath.
Put your thumb over 'em.
Both of them.
I can't get both of them.
I can get one.
Thurber.
Put your thumb
in the other one.
Slow it down.
I want to fill this thing up.
Is it filling up, tony?
Yeah.
Narrator:
as the lavador fills up,
The crew's problems
go from bad to worse.
Holy crap.
Kind of leaking
in different places.
We need valves down here.
We need silicone in there.
Mark everywhere it's leaking.
It pretty much is leaking
all over.
Oh, it's running down
my armpit.
Oh, yeah.
That's feeling good.
I love my job.
Thurber,
get out of there.
Okay, I'm out of there.
[Bleep]
Shut it off!
Todd's new $20,000 diamond plant
appears to be a lemon.
You know what?
Our season is hinging
on this lavador.
I don't have time for this.
I can't get a freakin' break,
and I'm getting tired of it.
Narrator:
north in the klondike,
Wash plant, little blue,
Is chewing through pay dirt.
It's working fine.
Little blue's running good,
And everything's
holding together real nice.
We're able to push the materials
through real well right now.
Narrator:
but halfway through his season,
Parker's not even a quarter
of the way to his goal.
Parker: we're only finding
about $7 a yard right now.
And the truth is,
We're having a tough time
making money.
Narrator: tony beets,
the scribner claim owner,
Gets a 15% cut
of all of parker's gold.
He's arrived
to check up on the operation.
A month ago, tony insisted
Parker run 3,000 yards
of pay dirt per week.
Parker met that challenge
By pushing little blue
to run 70 yards an hour.
But with the ground
only producing $7 a yard,
Tony once again wants
parker to up his game.
Right.
I mean,
that plant will never do double,
But we can try to push it.
All right. Thanks.
Will do.
We need to start
cranking our yardage up.
We need little blue doing
100 yards an hour.
Remsburg:
parker, it concerns me
That we push it too hard,
something's gonna give.
Yeah,
I understand that,
But we need to put the dirt
through the plant, okay?
We need
I'm the boss,
I take the responsibility,
But it has to happen,
all right?
Will do.
We got to crank it up.
I just want you to hear me.
I mean, I think
it's gonna cost us in the end.
So, let's crank it up.
Remsburg: we're running
little blue too hard.
If parker keeps pushing me
to push the plant,
We're gonna blow it up.
We're gonna destroy her.
If that happens,
our season's over.
The season's screwed.
I'm just tired of this.
Narrator: in alaska,
The dakota boys are doing
the unthinkable.
They're filling in
the glory hole.
We are gonna fill
that old hole up.
Narrator:
midway through the season,
They have
only 11 ounces of gold,
Worth around $15,000.
This year's 320-ounce goal
looks impossible.
I'm really nervous.
320 Ounces?
We are a far cry from that.
Narrator:
instead of mining for gold,
They're staring failure
in the face.
Fred: putting some big doubts
in my mind
As to whether
we could ever even come close
To making what we had hoped
to make this year.
Narrator:
after three years of digging
For a plunge pool full of gold,
Last week, "dakota" fred
finally gave up on his dream.
Enough is enough.
But behind the scenes,
Dustin has been pushing to mine
their new claim, cahoon creek,
In mountains
thought to be the source
Of porcupine creek gold.
Didn't think it was
about porcupine this year.
I thought it was about
cahoon.
We're gonna get
some gold in the bank
Before we go
spending more money
On a goose chase
up in cahoon creek!
Now fred has no choice
but to give cahoon a chance.
Fred: dustin. All right, look.
We need to talk.
Come on down here
for a minute.
Hey, hey. How you doing?
I'm good.
I want
some old-time prospecting done.
You can go to cahoon.
[Bleep] awesome.
But it is so difficult
to get up there
And very expensive.
I want to get very,
very assured
That there's plenty of gold
to get from up in cahoon.
And there's got to be
a lot of it.
It has got to be about
two to three,
At least three times
what we get out of porcupine
To be able
to make it affordable up there.
Show me something.
Bring me back
a vial of gold
Out of a couple yards
or something.
Then I'll be convinced.
All right, fred.
I'll find you some gold.
Fred:
there is a good chance
That there's a huge
deposit of gold there.
We'll have to wait and see.
Dustin: it's time for me
to go up to cahoon.
I'll be camped out for a while,
at least a week.
We'll see.
And hopefully,
I can convince fred.
Narrator: the dakota boys'
cahoon creek claim is isolated
And only accessible by air.
We're here.
I want to go up to cahoon
So we can find a lot
of big, real gold.
What I'm looking for
is the big payoff.
Narrator: in alaska,
dustin arrives at cahoon creek,
The dakota boys'
new mountain claim.
He's brought
geologist jeff harrison to help.
They have a week to prospect
and prove to fred
That this remote ground
is worth mining.
Dustin:
we made it up to cahoon.
This is jeff.
He's got a better idea where
the gold's gonna be than I do.
Narrator: four miles southwest
of porcupine creek,
Cahoon creek is at an altitude
of 3,000 feet.
The helicopter has dropped them
on flat ground
At the bottom
of the 70-acre claim.
Dustin and jeff now face
a two-hour, uphill hike
To the top corner
Where dustin plans
to start prospecting.
We got to get to it.
Let's get over there
and check it out.
Let's do it.
Get my dig on!
You got to do what you got to do
to get out and prospect.
Aah!
Need a hand?
I got it.
Definitely went
all the way through.
Narrator: jeff finds
the first signs of gold.
I like the look
of this creek here.
That looks like a pretty nice
pile of gravel.
So, if there was gold
on top of this bedrock...
This is where I'd look.
This is gonna be
the first test hole right here.
Find out what we got.
In the klondike,
tony beets has insisted
That parker schnabel
up the yardage
His 40-year-old wash plant
is running
From 70 to 100 yards an hour.
Parker: we're cranking through
this pile pretty quick,
But I'm gonna go hop on there
and start loading pay.
I'll probably
haul and load myself,
But I'll try to keep up.
Parker: they got blue running
pretty good so far.
Pushing it real hard,
So I'm always looking
for a catastrophe,
But...so far, it's okay.
That looks good, man.
Robbins: well, I'm gonna go up
a little more.
Bumping everything up --
water and speed of the feeder --
To match
our maximum yardage per hour.
[ Metal grinding, clanking ]
Whoa!
I don't know
what's going on.
Shut it down!
Ah, the damn belt locked up
on this thing.
Narrator: little blue gets
its dirt from a hopper feeder
Via a conveyer belt driven
by a tail pulley at the bottom.
Deep inside the hopper,
something has jammed the belt.
It's pulling, right?
Robbins: yeah.
Parker: something's caught
somewhere, huh?
It's more than likely something
in the hopper jamming the belt,
And, uh, it's a problem,
because it's full of pay dirt,
And it won't move.
Narrator:
they can't get to the blockage,
Buried under 22 tons
of pay dirt.
That's like a two-day gig
shoveling out that feeder.
Narrator:
the only way to dislodge it
Is to force the belt to turn.
We're gonna have to put a chain
in the loader
And go down and grab
the tail pulley, lift up on it,
And get it to turn.
All right.
Let's do it.
Narrator: steve attempts
to dislodge the blockage
By attaching a chain
to the loader bucket,
Which he hopes will force
The tail pulley and belt
to move.
[ Whirring, thumping ]
We're trying again.
[ Grinding ]
Robbins:
oh! We got a little bit.
It's trying to move.
There it is.
We diagnosed the problem
and came up with a fix.
Parker: it's a good thing
we got it loose,
'Cause I don't feel like
shoveling 10 yards of dirt.
It's a good thing
steve's around.
We got her,
boys.
Narrator: in guyana,
The hoffman crew
has spent two days
Fixing the leaks
on their new lavador.
They're finally ready
to mine for diamonds.
Let's fire it up,
guys.
[ Motor turns over ]
Narrator:
thurber starts the engine
That circulates water
inside the tank.
[ Motor shuts off ]
But right away, local
mining expert tony melville
Spots yet another problem.
Oh, this is too fast.
What? What? What?
Oh [bleep] [ sighs ]
okay. Here's the deal.
Brian, I need you
to grab the truck.
I want you to run
to mahdia.
Okay.
Let's get an 18-
and a 20-inch pulley.
I need the belts with them,
okay?
Yep.
Go, go, go, go, go.
Narrator: it should take
rookie miner brian alldridge
Three hours to get to mahdia.
But with the roads flooded
from overnight rain storms,
It could take all day.
Alldridge: the roads here
are constantly changing.
You know, it rained
really hard last night.
As the youngest member
of the crew,
They don't really
trust you with much,
But when it comes
to responsibilities,
You kind of have to scrap
for every job you get.
So, I'm just gonna head out
and get those parts
And get back
as soon as possible,
And we can get
rocking and rolling here.
Ooh [bleep]
[ Groans ]
[Bleep]
it's not good, dude.
Ooh [bleep]
Narrator:
deep in the jungles of guyana,
Rookie miner brian alldridge
Has the hoffman's
only pickup truck stuck
In the middle
of a swollen creek.
[Bleep]
it's not good, dude.
[Bleep]
Narrator:
first on the scene
Is pete parks,
a local miner.
You okay?
You okay, bud?
I had no idea
it was that deep.
We got to get it out,
dude.
I think the engine's
already flooded.
Every minute
the truck is in the water
Increases the chance
That the electrical system
will be destroyed.
You okay, man?
I'm good.
Just a little shook up is all.
Todd's gonna k*ll me.
Get back in, man.
Yeah. Okay.
Ready?
The winch on pete's truck
Is designed to pull the weight
of the hoffman's truck,
But not on slippery ground
With a half a ton of water
in it.
[ Engine revs ]
come on.
[ Creaking ]
Turn to your right, brian.
Turn to your right.
[ Creaking ]
There she goes.
Next on the scene
are andy spinks
And the hoffman crew's mechanic,
mitch blaschke.
Let's have a look at it.
Pull that air cleaner out.
Oh, that ain't good.
Oh,
you got to be kidding me.
Dude, it's full.
See how over-high
the oil level is?
It's full of water?
It's 'cause
it's full of water.
It's done.
Spinks: some mistakes
are bigger than others,
And this one's gonna cost us
a little bit.
Brian knows
that he made a mistake.
It's --
we don't need to beat him up,
So, uh, it is what it is.
It's, uh -- it's done.
That's it for now, boys.
Narrator:
Todd's team has found no gold,
made no money,
And now they've got no truck.
Todd: if it's not one thing,
it's another.
It's just like
every time I turn around,
I feel like this jungle
is just kicking our a*s.
Narrator: high in the mountains
of southeast alaska,
Dustin and geologist
jeff harrison have a week
To prove to fred
that the cahoon creek claim
Holds good gold.
Got our first test hole.
Got our first sample.
To get an idea
Of what lies beneath the surface
on the 70-acre claim,
They're digging 30 test holes.
So, yeah, I used the lat/lon's
for the edge of your prospect.
All right. Let's go all the way
across the drainage.
You're gonna just get
A whole bunch of samples
from this place,
Find out
if there's any gold in it.
I'm no prospector.
I'm a gold miner.
Two different things.
It's a lot of digging.
Yeah, it is.
Old-school digging!
Like real digging.
Nobody does this [bleep]
anymore.
We've been digging.
We're gonna see
if we've got gold in it.
That looks damn near perfect.
Narrator:
after seven hours of hard labor,
They've only dug three holes.
Dustin runs a sample
through his portable sluice.
Dustin:
I'm nervous as hell right now.
Narrator: to make it worth
Mining this remote
mountain plain,
Dustin needs to find at least
20 colors in the pan.
There's nothing here.
A couple
little bitty specks.
Harrison: they're just
really little, aren't they?
Yeah. They're so small.
So, we didn't get any color
hardly.
We got
a few specks in the pan,
But overall,
really didn't find anything.
I don't want
to be a quitter,
But [sighs] I got to tell you,
it's discouraging.
To make matters worse,
A weather front is moving in
and fast.
[ Thunder rumbles ]
We got us a storm coming in,
so...
Yeah. We better head for shelter
before this hits.
It's about to hit us.
Yeah.
[ Thunder cracks ]
I've been watching the weather
a little bit,
And I turned on
the public radio station.
They got a weather advisory.
They got 30-, 40-,
Out of this system
that's coming in here.
Big thunderstorm.
Dustin's up there
on the mountain right up there,
And all they've got
is a couple little pup tents.
Uh, a little bit worried
about that situation.
Porcupine to cahoon.
Do you copy?
Dustin:
we copy you, fred.
There's a storm rolling in.
It's looking really bad up here
right now.
The storm has...
Really got us locked in.
All right.
I copy that.
Transmission is getting
really sketchy right now.
So, uh,
careful up there.
[ Distorted ]
be...will...transmission.
Hey, fred, if you get a copy,
the storm's cutting us off,
So we'll get back to you
when we can.
Copy and out.
[ Static hissing ]
It's not transmitting
anymore.
[ Faint buzzing, static ]
There's this electricity
Where the lightning's striking
all around us,
And there's a buzzing sound,
And, uh, it's making our hair
want to stand up on end,
So it's pretty bad out here,
And it's time
to get out of this weather.
It's not looking good, fred.
I'm little bit worried
about them
Up there on that mountain
right now,
So...hope they're prepared.
We just hope for the best.
Narrator: southeast alaska's
Worst electrical storm
in 20 years
Is about to hit cahoon.
[ Thunder rumbles ]
[ Thunder crashes ]
Narrator:
southeast alaska wakes
From the worst electrical storm
in two decades
Only to find that another
deadly storm is on the way.
Well, last night,
They had a tremendous
lighting and thunderstorm.
The wind was, like,
about 50 miles an hour.
They're actually predicting
Basically the same thing
again tonight.
Dustin, do you copy
up on cahoon?
Do you copy?
[ Static hissing ]
Narrator: dustin is stranded
up cahoon creek,
High on the mountain,
And fred has not heard from him
in 15 hours.
I think what's gonna
have to happen --
I'm gonna have to call, uh,
that helicopter
And see if there's any way
possible they can get up there.
Is there any chance,
any chance at all,
You guys might be able
to get them off that mountain?
I just don't want them
up in another storm.
Last night was really bad.
All right.
Hey, look,
I really appreciate it.
Do whatever you can to get them
back off that mountain.
Porcupine to cahoon.
Do you copy?
Porcupine to cahoon.
Come back.
Dustin:
we copy you, fred.
Hopefully, the helicopter people
Will, uh, be able to get
you guys off that mountain.
Copy that.
Narrator: a cloud has rolled
up the mountain,
Making a helicopter landing
next to impossible.
This is really bad, man.
I can't even see
where we're going.
Dustin and jeff
head for higher ground
In an attempt
to get above the clouds.
If they can't
get off the mountain,
They will be forced to ride out
yet another electrical storm.
We're just walking off
into a blind patch,
Basically,
is what we're doing.
[ Helicopter whirring ]
I can hear him.
Oh, he's coming
right up the middle.
Well, we got a chopper
in this weather.
I can't believe it.
It's time to go, man.
We had
some really stormy weather --
Rain, wind.
That was nasty.
Oh [bleep] so bad.
So dangerous.
Narrator: south in guyana,
Rookie miner brian
is trying desperately
To make up for destroying
the hoffman's only pickup truck.
To get the critical parts
For their new
diamond-catching lavador,
He's made the six-hour journey
to mahdia and back
By motorcycle.
Get this tightened up,
get the belt adjusted,
And should be ready
to run.
Fire it up, thurber.
Clear!
[ Motor turns over ]
What do you think,
alvin?
Whoo!
Looks good.
Everything looks really good.
I like what I'm seeing.
Narrator:
after three frustrating days,
They've fixed the lavador.
The hoffman crew
is finally ready
To mine for diamonds
guyana style.
A high-pressure pump
shoots water at pay dirt
To create a slurry.
A second pump
then sucks the slurry
Up into the lavador
Where both worthless grit
and valuable diamonds collect
On the screens.
Finally, dirty water and sand
Are flushed out
into the tailings pond.
Fire it up!
[ Motor turns over ]
Brian's washing the pay dirt
down this little channel.
And jackson, underneath his leg,
has got a suction hose.
And he's sucking the pay dirt
up through here --
You can see this white pipe --
over to the lavador.
Yay!
Stuff is coming out!
Everything I'm washing right now
is pay dirt.
This is where
the gold and diamonds are,
So it's pretty encouraging
to finally see that
Go through our wash plant.
Thurber: it's very important
that we get diamonds
To pay the bills not only here
but at home,
So gonna get in there
and dig hard and go for it.
That's pay dirt, dude.
All of it.
Can't you smell it?
Kevin, can you smell
the pay dirt?!
Whoo!
[ Laughs ]
[Bleep]
Narrator: but after five hours,
thurber spots a major problem.
Thurber:
something's definitely wrong.
I mean, it let loose.
This here should not
be going through there.
That's too big.
It should be the sand.
We got big rock
going through there.
The only way that happens --
there's a hole in the screen.
It's all through it.
Here's another piece.
[Bleep]
Shut it off!
[ Engine shuts off ]
Got big rocks, though.
I guarantee you
there's holes in there.
This stuff's built like
[bleep]
Narrator: if there is gravel
in the tailings,
Then any diamonds are also
Being washed
right out of the lavador.
So, anything that we had is
pbht!
[Bleep]
Narrator:
back at porcupine creek,
With his cahoon creek
prospecting trip
Cut short by weather,
Dustin returns with samples
from only three test pits
To determine if there is enough
gold on their new mountain claim
To move their whole operation.
To test the samples,
Dustin's called in
fine-gold experts
Paul and wes richardson.
Paul?
How's it going, dustin?
How's it going, man?
Pretty good.
Wes.
Good to see you.
Narrator: their mini trommel
is designed to capture
Even the finest particles
of gold.
I don't know
how much gold is in here,
But if there's any gold in here,
we will get it out.
Narrator: dustin needs a minimum
of $35 of gold per yard
To make mining
up at cahoon worth it.
Paul: if there is gold in it,
we'll see it real soon.
Wes: dustin. Want to see what
we got out of the first test?
Dustin: oh, you've got
to be kidding me.
I knew that was gonna have
a lot of gold.
Geez.
I knew it!
For that little bag.
[ Laughs ]
that's exciting as hell.
So, what's all the excitement
over here?
From that much dirt,
that's what I got out of it.
Wow.
Nice.
Nice.
Are you kidding me?!
That's unreal!
[ Laughs ]
I think it's an excellent sign.
Excellent.
All right.
Narrator: the gold
in their first cahoon sample
Suggests a value
of $50 a yard --
Five times
what they've been digging
For three years
at porcupine creek.
Dustin: I can't wait
to get back up there.
We need to start mining
up there.
I would make so much more gold
there than here.
From what he was saying,
I was pretty excited about it.
I think maybe cahoon has got
a hell of a potential.
The prospect's looking
mighty good.
Narrator: in the klondike,
Parker schnabel's
pushing his crew
To hit 100 yards an hour,
And the pace is beginning
to take its toll.
Come on.
Back the [bleep] up.
Put the [bleep] throttle down.
[Bleep]
Cheeseman: we got to get
this [bleep] up to the plant.
We got to move a certain amount
of dirt every day.
So, we can't try and push it.
It just doesn't work.
Run, run, run, run.
Somebody's
gonna get hurt.
Something's
gonna get broken.
I've been around this game
too long.
I-i do know
what's coming.
Whoa! Careful.
Crap!
Narrator: down in guyana,
The hoffman crew
is at rock bottom.
The screen on their
new diamond-catching lavador
Has a hole in it.
To get to the screen,
local expert tony melville
Insists they throw out
all the material
They've processed
in the last five hours.
You don't think there's a chance
for diamonds to be in there.
You really want
to dump it out?
You're gonna throw it away?
[Bleep] that.
Todd: hey, thurber!
Narrator: but thurber has a plan
of his own.
It seems kind of crazy
right now.
We might have something
in these buckets.
These guys need some hope,
you know,
So I want to run it.
I want to see
a flipping diamond.
So, what happened,
man?
You know, todd,
we need an up.
Todd:
tell me about it.
We've been hitting a wall
every flipping day here.
Maybe there's a chance
there's a diamond.
Let's sieve it.
Can't hurt.
Let's do this, thurber.
Narrator: todd brings in
jackson, tony's son,
Who's been sieving diamonds
since he was five.
Take your time, man.
All right.
Let's see
what we got here.
Let's get a big fatty.
A big one.
Gonna have to dig
on that one.
Come on, jackson.
Get us some diamonds, man.
There you go,
mr. Todd.
Hell, yeah.
What is that?
That, boys,
is an f'ing diamond.
Is that a diamond,
jackson?
Yep.
[ Laughs ]
Whoo!
Whoo-hoo!
Yeah!
Yeah!
[ Chuckles ]
That's what I need.
Guys...
We intentionally
dug this diamond up,
And our equipment,
as ugly as it is, caught it.
Yep.
Hey, it's a victory,
Even though
it's a small victory.
I think we're on to something
here, guys.
Narrator: if they can pull
one diamond out of the jungle
With a broken screen,
The hoffman crew
just may be able to find
Enough diamonds to save
their season.
Dad, will you say
a little prayer?
Come on in here.
Jack: heavenly father,
we thank you
For the diamond
that you gave us today
And for the hope that it means
for everybody.
Lord, we ask
that there be many more.
It's in your name
we pray.
Amen.
Amen!
We did it!
Whoo!
Narrator: at scribner creek
in the klondike...
I'm gonna crank it up.
To satisfy tony beets
And reach
his 800-ounce season goal...
Let's go!
...parker is pushing
His 40-year-old wash plant,
little blue,
To run 100 yards of pay dirt
an hour.
Here we go.
[ Loud thump ]
[ Metal clanking, squeaking ]
Oh, my goodness.
Parker, parker!
You got to copy.
Yeah, what's up?
I'm not sure,
but little blue looks like
She's shaking herself
to death.
[ Metal squeaking, clanking ]
sounds bad.
Hey,
what the [bleep] going on?
I don't know what's going on,
but it's not good.
There must be a rock
stuck somewhere or something.
This is not good.
Not good.
Where's all the water
coming from?
[ Metal clangs ]
oh, dear!
We're gonna shut her down,
parker. Shut her down!
We need
to take a look inside.
This is all we need
right now.
No!
No!
[ Clattering ]
Parker!
It's not good.
What the hell's that?
That's got to be the shaft
that drives the shaker.
She's done.
What the [bleep]
We're not gonna be welding that
back together in an afternoon.
Narrator: the central shaft
That drives the entire plant
has sheared in two.
It's -- it's not good.
Well, it's not
gonna come out of there
Unless something's
really [bleep]
Right?
You're right.
I think it's dead.
You got to be
[bleep] kidding me.
[Bleep]
get out of my [bleep] way.
[Bleep]
Not a good day.
Little blue, uh,
just about shook herself apart.
Parker: [bleep] plant!
If this is the death
of little blue, we're done.
Season over. No more gold.
We're done.
We're not doing any sluicing
without a wash plant.
Our season might be over.
[Bleep]
Narrator: in the second half
of the season...
Look out! [Bleep]
...each gold-mining crew
Is forced to overhaul
their operation.
Not getting the gold has got us
in a freaking corner.
Narrator:
they face conflict...
They better get
the [bleep] message!
...danger...
Oh [bleep]
...and disaster...
You are
freaking kidding me!
...in a desperate attempt...
Stop! Stop! Stop!
...to salvage their seasons.
Man:
I don't have time for this.
You have to shut down,
pack up, go home.
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04x08 - Jungle Boogie
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Reality based series follows the placer gold mining efforts of various family-run mining companies, mostly in the Klondike region of Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, as well as in the U.S. state of Alaska.
Reality based series follows the placer gold mining efforts of various family-run mining companies, mostly in the Klondike region of Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, as well as in the U.S. state of Alaska.